Townes Van Zandt – Pancho And Lefty (Ukulele)
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(3)
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Chords
[Verse 1]
C Livin' on the road, my friend G Is gonna keep you free and clean F But now you wear your skin like iron C G And your breath's as hard as kerosene F You weren't your mama's only boy C F But her favorite one, it seems Am F G She began to cry when you said goodbye F Am And sank into your dreams
[Verse 2]
C Pancho was a bandit, boys G Horse was fast as polished steel F Wore his guns outside his pants C G For all the honest world to feel F Pancho met his match, you know C F On the deserts down in Mexico Am F G No one heard his dyin' words F Am But that's the way it goes
[Chorus]
F And all the federales say C F They could have had him any day Am F G They only let him slip away F Am Out of kindness, I suppose
[Verse 3]
C Now Lefty can't sing the blues G All night long like he used to F The dust that Pancho bit down South C G It ended up in Lefty's mouth F The day they laid poor Pancho low C F Lefty split for Ohio Am F G Where he got the bread to go F Am Well there ain't nobody knows
[Chorus]
F And all the federales say C F They could have had him any day Am F G They only let him slip away F Am Out of kindness, I suppose
[Verse 4]
C Now poets tell how Pancho fell G Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel F The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold C G And so the story ends, we're told F Pancho needs your prayers, it's true C F But save a few for Lefty too Am F G He only did what he had to do F Am And now he's growin' old
[Chorus]
F And all the federales say C F They could have had him any day Am F G They only let him slip away F Am Out of kindness, I suppose
[Final Chorus]
F A few gray federales say C F They could have had him any day Am F G They only let him go so long F Am Out of kindness, I suppose